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PHONES UP Be ready for a verbal warm up Have your notes out!

Watch Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech and answer related questions about the meaning of the "Iron Curtain", the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, the definition of war, the concept of a cold war, containment, and the Red Scare. Also, discuss the tensions between the US and the Soviet Union, the arms race, and its impact on the Cold War. Analyze a political cartoon related to Cold War terms.

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PHONES UP Be ready for a verbal warm up Have your notes out!

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  1. PHONES UP Be ready for a verbal warm up Have your notes out! TEKS: 2A, 8B, 12B

  2. Watch the following speech by Winston Churchill Be ready to answer what “Iron Curtain” stands for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Ov6rYiEl8 Iron Curtain Speech

  3. Looking at the map. What do you think the colors green and red stand for? Where is the “Iron Curtain”? What does it represent? Remember the Yalta and Potsdam conferences? What was promised there?

  4. What is the message of this political cartoon?

  5. What is the definition of war? What do you think a cold war is?

  6. CONTAINMENT What does this mean in terms of the Cold War? How could this be a domino effect? RED SCARE What is the Red Scare? (2nd Red Scare) Cold War Terms

  7. Soviet Union tension is prevalent • Why is there tension between us and the Soviets? • What countries are communist at this time? • Mao Zedong, 1949 - 1976 (China) • Stalin 1922-1953 (Soviet Union) • Red Scare causes people to be suspicious • We want to be ahead of the game - arms race • How could an arms race cause more tension? • what arms are we talking about? Tensions Rise - Arms Race

  8. Needs to relay a message over one of the Cold War terms (show your understanding of the term!) • Iron Curtain • Red Scare • Containment • Don’t forget to use color! • If not finished by end of class it is for homework Political Cartoon

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